Chair attachment.



J. M. HOSICK.

CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATIQN FILED SEPT. 4. 1915.

1 1 73,5 1 7 Patented Feb. 29, 1916 JENNIE MORRIS HOSICK, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed September 4, 1915. Serial No. 48,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE MORRIS Hosron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of.Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chair Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to chair attachments, and more particularly an attachment for rocking chairs, whereby the same may be converted into a rolling chair.

The invention has for its object to provide an attachment of the kind stated which is simple in construction, which can be readily applied to or removed from the chair, and which, when not in use, is capable of being folded into small and compact form.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the rockers of a rocking chair. The attachment for converting the chair into a rolling chair comprises laterally spaced side rails 6 carrying rollers 7 and having means for attachment to the rockers 5. The rollers may be ordinary caster Wheels of such size as to take the rockers off the floorwhen the device is applied, thus forming a wheeled support for the chair. The side rails are provided with these rollers adjacent to the ends thereof. The side rails 6 are also provided with seats 8 for the rockers 5, said seats being in the form of channeled lugs on the inner faces of the bars.

Intermediate the ends of the rails 6 are clamps for fastening the same to the rockers 5. Each clamp comprises a yoke 9 pivoted at 10 to the outer face of the rail, and carrying a clamping screw 11 provided with a foot piece 12 adapted to be screwed down against the top edge of the rocker, the foot piece being provided with a cushion to prevent marring of the rocker.

The side rails 6 are provided with a foldable connection in the form of lazy-tongs 13. The crossed bars of the lazy-tongs are longitudinally slotted, as indicated at 14, with clamping bolts 15 passing through the slots for locking the bars in fixed relation.

The attachment is secured to the rockers 5 by placing the latter in the seats 8, and tightening up the clamping screws 11 after swinging the yokes 9 upward to bring the screws above the top edge of the rockers. The device can thus be easily applied, and also removed, and when taken off it can be folded into small and compact form by reason of the folding connection between the side rails 6. This connection also permits adjustment of the side rails toward and from each other according to the distance between the rockers, and the device is therefore adjustable for chairs in which the spacing of the rockers varies.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be evident that various changes and modifications in the structural details may be made without a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

I claim:

1. An attachment for rocking chairs, comprising laterally spaced side rails having seats for supporting the rockers of the chair, and provided with rollers, pivoted yokes carried by the side rails, clamping screws carried by the yokes and adapted to engage the top edges of the rockers for holding the same in the seats, and a foldable connection between the side rails.

52. An attachment for rocking chairs, comprising laterally spaced side rails having means for attachment to the rockers of the chair, and provided with rollers, a lazytongs connection between the side rails, and

means for locking the lazy-tongs bars in fixed relation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J ENNIE MORRIS HOSICK.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER C. SCHUMAN, SUSAN SCHUMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

